Since it‘s a secret convention for Serial Killers, though it was a time if I remember correctly since Dream took their dreams away, why wasn‘t someone like Zsasz invited? Admittedly the real reason was that some of those characters weren‘t made yet, but given that time is loose concept in DC and Marvel, what do you think was the in universe reason why characters like Zsasz, Onomatopoeia, Jane Doe, Cornelius etc weren‘t invited? Were “costumed freaks“ not welcomed since in their eyes aren’t real serial killers, because some of them were to famous to be invited without raising suspiction, was it because some of got caught and imprsioned or were they simply not interested?
Side Note: Zsasz‘s admittedly too unstable to follow the rules or Joker (since he technically counts) would kill each one in hotel serial killers included.
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Remember, they were super excited about getting the Corinthian as a guest. I suspect that most of the costumed serial killers saw the convention as beneath them, considering it to be a bunch of posers pretending to be what they were.
So, there’s a few factors here
Firstly, most obviously, serial killers definitionally aren’t easy to find. A good number of serial killers aren’t invited because they don’t know who to invite – this is before these killers became famous (visible in the comics), after all.
Secondly, a lot of super serial killers might not want to come along. They tend to see themselves above mundane criminals, and won’t want to mingle with the hoi polloi, so to speak.
Thirdly, as you say, a lot of super serial killers will murder everyone in the cereal con, and you don’t get far as a serial killer convention runner by not recognizing when someone’s too dangerous to be around.